US: Deal Reached to Clean Toxic Bronx Siteby Timothy Williams, The New York TimesMarch 4th, 2006For more than 40 years, Hexagon Laboratories made pharmaceuticals on a quiet stretch of Peartree Avenue not far from Co-op City in the Bronx. When the company abandoned the site in 1989, it left behind thousands of gallons of toxic waste.

US: Chromium Evidence Buried, Report Saysby Rick Weiss, The Washington PostFebruary 24th, 2006Scientists working for the chromium industry withheld data about the metal's health risks while the industry campaigned to block strict new limits on the cancer-causing chemical, according to a scientific journal report published yesterday.

US: Teflon Chemical a Likely Carcinogenby Randall Chase, Associated PressFebruary 15th, 2006A group of scientific advisers to the Environmental Protection Agency voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a recommendation that a chemical used in the manufacture of Teflon and other nonstick and stain-resistant products should be considered a likely carcinogen.

BULGARIA: Bulgarians Protest Use of Cyanide Leachingby Michael Werbowski, World PressFebruary 5th, 2006The cyanide "leakage" that killed tons of fish in the Czech river Labe (Elbe) recently has re-focused public attention throughout central and Eastern Europe to the environmental and human dangers associated with this toxic chemical, especially when it spills into a nearby river or tributary.

US: General Electric workers sue Monsanto over PCBsby Carey Gillam, ReutersJanuary 4th, 2006More than 500 General Electric Co. employees have sued Monsanto Co. along with two related companies, claiming they were exposed to toxic chemicals manufactured for decades by Monsanto, the company said Wednesday.

INDONESIA: The Cost of Gold: The Hidden Payrollby Jane Perlez and Raymond Bonner, The New York TimesDecember 27th, 2005Months of investigation by The New York Times revealed a level of contacts and financial support to the military not fully disclosed by Freeport, despite years of requests by shareholders concerned about potential violations of American laws and the company's relations with a military whose human rights record is so blighted that the United States severed ties for a dozen years until November.